Fertiliser use in Dominican Republic

Farmers in Dominican Republic used 188.1 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Dominican Republic, 2024 188.1 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −4.9% 2023: 197.7 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Dominican Republic (2024).
Position in 2024 45th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Dominican Republic over time

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Kilograms per hectare of arable land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land (kilograms per hectare of arable land), 2000 to 2024
Period Dominican RepublicWorld
2024 188.1 kg per hectare –
2023 197.7 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 191.8 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 158.2 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 172.0 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 148.1 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 264.2 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 152.2 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 155.5 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 146.2 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 92.0 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 75.7 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 71.4 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 89.1 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 104.9 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 78.0 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 84.2 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 97.3 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 86.4 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 62.0 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 65.5 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 55.9 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 73.4 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 108.8 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 102.5 kg per hectare 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.9% from 197.7 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 92.0 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +104.4%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Dominican Republic has the 45th highest value.

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Source and dates

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Dominican Republic
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)